The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German film based on the novel of the same name by Stefan Aust. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2009, but the Award went to The Japanese film Departures.

The Baader Meinhof Complex takes place in 1970s Germany and focuses on the terrorist group the Red Army Faction. Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu), Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) and Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek) spread terror and cause massive chaos in what they view as a war to create a more humane society they .Official Site: The Baader Meinhof Complex

• Martina Gedeck as Ulrike Meinhof
• Moritz Bleibtreu as Andreas Baader
• Johanna Wokalek as Gudrun Ensslin
• Bruno Ganz as Horst Herold
• Stipe Erceg as Holger Meins
• Jan Josef Liefers as Peter Homann
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Petra Schelm
• Nadja Uhl as Brigitte Mohnhaupt
• Simon Licht as Horst Mahler
• Hannah Herzsprung as Susanne Albrecht
• Vinzenz Kiefer as Peter-Jurgen Boock
• Daniel Lommatzsch as Christian Klar
• Niels-Bruno Schmidt as Jan Carl Raspe
• Katharina Wackernagel as Astrid Proll
• Annika Kuhl as Irmgard Moller

The Red Army Faction was a terrorist group founded in the 1970s. The group operated out of Germany. It was first known as the Baader-Meinhof Group. It was founded by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and others.Badder-Meinhof.com: Badder-Meinhof Timeline

"In place of a dramatic arc, Edel's movie offers a long, drawn-out anti-climax: a shapeless rag-bag of violent events. This, arguably, imitates the frustrating messiness of real life, but the movie declines to dig deep into the terrorists' cult identity and group dynamic. There are plenty of suspect devices and home-made bombs duct-taped to alarm clocks here, but we never find out what makes their creators tick."The Guardian: The Baader Meinhof Complex Review (November 14, 2008)

"There is a real problem with a film that, although thoroughly researched and directed with integrity, struggles to move the audience. If we can’t connect with Meinhof, Baader and Ensslin, the three RAF members who are given a substantial back story, how can we care about the numerous interchangeable later members who take centre stage once the key players have been imprisoned?"Times Online: The Baader Meinhof Complex Review (November 13, 2008)

"Does this (film) glamorise terrorism? I think not, though it skates fairly near the edge at times. What it certainly does is remind us that understandable causes are sometimes driven into impotence and thus pushed towards an escalating violence that those who espouse them never imagined. That’s why this impressively mounted and thoroughly researched film is so watchable, whatever one’s views about its fanatical participants.This is London: Terror and Glamour in The Baader Meinhof Complex (November 13, 2008)

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